marine air wrote:
This is a type that saw WW II combat service and later marks saw compbat service in the Korean War. We don't know if this airplane is a combat veteran but is a Mk 6 and too late for WW II. It would make a great addition to any WW II collection as it's an Allied type and initially used as a shipboard fighter. It's a total shame that someone disassembled it to it's smallest pieces without the funds, talent or whatever to get it back together.
If my hangar were finished I'd consider it. My thought would be to buy the project, propellors, and those Griffons in the background that are also for sale. Eventually those three items will be in even more demand. It's going to take a lot of time and money even to get the Firefly back into a static display condition.
No doubt, if it was still more or less intact I would probably buy it and stick it in the back of my warehouse, just to climb around it and make noises. I actually thought about buying it 15 (?) years ago when it was for sale (mostly assembled...) on Courtesy.
In the 70s, when I was a kid, I desperately tried to convince my dad to buy a Firefly, as I figured there would be plenty of room in the back for me to fly around to airshows with him.